Rangers vs. Panthers, 7:30 p.m.

I have fond memories of Rangers trips to Florida to play the Panthers. One is Muckler trying that Leetch on left wing thing against Pavel Bure without practicing it and without having the last change as the visiting team; and getting shut out, then declaring it a successful strategy.

Another is ex-Panther Radek Dvorak recalling the night Scott Mellanby killed a rat in the lockerroom — with a slap shot, no less — that began that whole “Rat” craze in 1996. Dvorak, in his thick Czech accent and baritone voice, would say, “big, huge Raaahhhht” and pronounce Mellanby “Mell-ON-bee.”

And there were the games in the old arena in downtown Miami, the worst part of any town in America — unless you were looking to buy crack. It was so bad that at night all the traffic lights in the area were turned to blinking lights because they didn’t want anybody to have to stop for long. God it was scary. Roger Neilson was the coach there for a while after the Rangers fired him, and he used to tell the story of when he first got down there. He made friends with a cop who told him that, when driving to the arena, “take your gun out of the glove box and put it right on the seat next to you.”

“Gun!?” Neilson said incredulously. “I don’t have a gun!”

Anyway, tonight the Rangers can do some damage to the Panthers’ ownership. They are selling four-packs of tickets, including this game, and guaranteeing the Panthers will make the playoffs or the tickets are free (I guess they’ll credit the tickets toward purchase of tickets next year; I can’t imagine they’ll actually refund the buyers).

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Just got word that everybody will skate in warmups, but that the winning lineup from Wednesday will probably remain intact. That means Kalinin is out. And Prucha, for a change. And that Hartford’s Sean Avery is indeed scheduled to play vs. the Manitoba Moose tomorrow.

New York, February 13, 2009 – The New York Rangers are thrilled to announce the first ever winter hockey festival at Wollman Rink in Central Park on Saturday February 14th, 2009 beginning at 2 PM. The Rangers youth hockey development team has paired up with USA Hockey’s “Hockey Weekend Across America” and the NHL’s “Hockey is for Everyone” to encourage diversity and accessibility of the sport to kids and adults of all ages. The festivities will begin with a beginner lesson for all ages with instruction from coaches from the Rangers Hockey Development Team and USA Hockey. After a brief Sled hockey demonstration, New York RangersScott Gomez and Marc Staal will lead a youth hockey clinic for kids from Ice Hockey in Harlem. Rangers alumni Glenn Anderson and Ron Duguay will also be on hand for autograph and skating sessions. In addition, the Rangers Road tour will be available with interactive games including the slap shot booth and Rangers giveaways. For further information please go to newyorkrangers.com.

FYI, the entrance to Wollman Rink is at Central Park South (between 59th Street and 6th Avenue).

I’m even more pissed off when I think about Renney, who’s essentially a liar, actually saying that Prucha “wears down” and that Voros a better player in this lineup because of his size. Well, Tom, we’re not dumb. You’ve played plenty of smaller, faster, teams and kept Voros in the lineup. You’re also not fooling anyone with the “Prucha wears down” business because you barely play him the games he’s out there anyway. And when you do, he usually scores, and then you either put him on another line or give him less ice time, including a lack of PP time.

I’m not willing to go to jail, but if I ran into Renney on the street, I would LITERALLY run into him. I hate this man.

Rick, I know you asked Renney the Prucha question (great job) and got his ludicrous answer. However when asked to follow up you kind of back peddled with some questionable explanation why you could and would not.
Well I think any rational person would have to agree the time has certainly come (again) when you should put Renney up against the wall (OK I will not say shoot him) and get a straight and believable answer. If he pontificates, wiggles, lies, spouts BS etc you should not stop bombarding him until you get the truth, no matter what it might be.
His actions against this kid have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous.

back in the day when I was a young girl, spending Valentines Day with Ron Duguay woulda been a dream come true! LOL!!! Today, not so much. I’d rather spend it reading that Prucha, after his month long rest from playing two games, will play next week!!

I just keep telling myself that Dolan, Sather and Renney have some pretty bad karma coming their way for their treatment of Prucha and for how much they just dislike the fans of this team!

I don’t call #6 by his real name anymore, I call him “Thriller” because he looks like a zombie right of of the Michael Jackson video.

MattR, enjoy the movie with mother!

Hopefully Cally plays lights out again (he is the hardest worker on the team) and that they give a better effort and can actually win in regulation. Hate these shoot out ‘wins’.

toymaniam, and others who keep asking … there obviously is something more to the Prucha situation than they are letting on … so it will require some investigating, not asking. At this point, questions aren’t going to get it done.

As you know, I am not around the Rangers every day. So when I get a chance to do so, I will try to find out what the real story is … but, again, it’s probably not as simple as it sounds, and if there’s another explanation, then they must have a reason for hiding it. That’s the best I can tell you.

If it was as simple as him wearing down, well, he’d sure be well-rested by now. And if he was actually available, don’t you think they’d have made at least one lineup change after 10-2? Or three goals in four games?

There is no justification for the treatment of him. And its gone past “oh he didnt want to go to Hartford” they did this to him last year too. But not at bad as this year. Sam & Joe have always said he was the best conditioned Ranger getting to camp, During camp and Out of camp. And Im sorry he is by far one of my favorite Rangers post lock out and I watch him closely. He doesnt “wear out”. If he wants to make that argument, then Voros shouldnt be in the line up either.

don’t know if you’re old enough to remember this character, but how about, instead of Thriller, we just call him Winter Warlock, before he put one foot in front of the other.

Jefferson

The uproar is because at least he gives his all when he’s out there, unlike some of the guys that have been playing instead of him. Instead of watching most of them go through the motions, he actually hustles, Sure he may be ‘marginal at best’, but he puts forth the effort everyone here seems to appreciate.

And before I forget, an early Happy Valentines Day to all you crazy Rangers fans. I appreciate the fact that you guys (and girls) are such active posters here, it makes being down here a little easier during hockey season.

I don’t call #6 by his real name anymore, I call him “Thriller” because he looks like a zombie right of of the Michael Jackson video.

linda- i just call him bub. the smart zombie from day of the dead(funny ass movie) that knew how to load a gun and listen to a walkman etc.. cuz hes not that coordinated to be dancin in a michael jackson video.

for everyone wondering why pruch aint playin, one easy answer. he didnt go to hartford when mngmt asked him too. simple. he didnt obey the high command and is getting punished. this is also to scare any guys who dont do what they say. hey i know petr wants to play but hes gettin his check to just chill and bs wit the team at practice. id be one happy man if i could get paid a mill.6 to do that. sathers an idiot.

Rick, thank you for responding to my post. I have to agree with you that questions will not get true answers but maybe investigation, as you say, will. Let’s hope so as I am sure the true reason will be very interesting.

Carp-Wow, I can’t believe the old arena is worse than Camden, New Jersey. I’ve seen concerts there (Radiohead, The Pixies) and THAT is the scariest city I’ve been to, it makes the streets named after Sates in DC look like White Plains.

Great Neilson story. He was a great coach, always wanted toughness in the lineup and unfortunately got a bad deal for that 92-93 season. Rest his soul.

Prucha’s really never been the same after that game in Philly his rookie year when he hurt his knee and missed the Olympics. I don’t know if that relates to anything, but it’s a clue.

trade redden for a sather voodoo doll. that way whenever he attempts to make a bad trade or horrible signing we can just stick some needles in his eyeball or something and then throw the voodooo doll out on the LIE and he can get run over about as many times as redden has made a mistake during a game

mikeA- i think pruchas knee is fine. i think if he could just put on like 20-25 lbs of muscle there can longer give renny an excuse not to play him. he should see a nutritionist and get bigger n stronger. he does get rocked alot but still hes a heart n soul guy i just wish he could get in the lineup. or else just trade him already. its getting ridiculous

jerkins-I’d love to see Prucha do that too, and he very well may, but it won’t be in a Rangers jersey :( With all the salary cap problems, unless they do the right thing and waive Redden, there’s a slim to none chance they’ll bring Prucha back.

That’s not it either because he had been sat (if I remember) 10 games consecutively at that point. That’s when they asked him to go to the minors and he refused. But they had sat him 10 straight already … Something’s up. Whether prucha put a move on someone’s wife/gf or whether he did something else (perhaps unprofessional or non-teammate like), this guy’s been black-listed Ted Nolan style.

rick- the ramification of the situation for renny is because of the infatuation and the quantification of elation and gratification of the non qualification of the installation of the free prucha nation

Riche’-Yeah dude, Camden is scary. Unless you like the idea of having firetrucks race to multiple places at 60 mph while cops are holding off traffic while the lights blinking to supposedly get people out of there, and more SWAT teams than you see in a federal building……Pearl Jam….loved their first two albums, not so much after. They do get a huge power play assist for lending their equipment to the Red Hot Chili Peppers at Tibet 98 Concert to help get John Frusciante comfortable and playing with them again.

we won’t agree on PJ… they are by far the best band in the known universe (IMHO). Have you seen them live? That’s what turned me. But yeah, Camden was litterally like going to see a concert in Kosovo. I had to use an ATM before the show… I’m a somewhat big dude but man I had my head on a swivel!!!

Wait, head on a swivel?

HOLY CARP(intentional)!!! Someone tell Renney!!! I have his new defensive scheme.

Gilmour is a poet without words dude… Satriani and Eddie V I grew up on and think were born with an axe in hand. I’ve seen both live and had to walk out holding my jaw up so that it wouldn’t drag on the floor.

jeff healy was damn good for a blind dude. he was in the movie road house. i love blues thats why i love him n ray vaughn n band of gypsys(hendrix after the experience). ok yea back to hockey- go rangers! free prucha- kill cats

Even though the kid isn’t the most talented guy on the ice, he plays with a helluva lot of heart and it’s obvious that most of the fans and most of his teammates appreciate and feed off of it. FREE PRUCHA!!!

riche- my bad man u aint old my pops is almost 60 my mas is 60. i meant that we all like good music. late 60’s- 70s rock, and 80’s (some of it, most 80’s music sucks
) i dig some new stuff but hate rap

Yep. But, he did wow everyone his rookie and sophomore year (He had Jagr though) He is perfectly capable of scoring goals and big time goals at that. Yeah, Im sure his team mates love him and well most of us do.

Riche’-I’ve never seen Pearl Jame live. I’m 28 and got into them during Vs. in 93 when they went through the anti Ticketmaster thing.

All of that music you all have mentioned is great. I’m excited for the Chickenfoot album hopefully coming out later this year; Satriani with Sammy Hagar, Michael Anthony from VH, and the very underrated and truly awesome Chad Smith of the Chili Peppers on drums.

All music is good even country (stereotyped to death unfortunately), just gotta find the right artists to tickle your skin.

imagine- prucha had jags nhis first year and scored 30. doobs had him and scored 14. i know doobs is great and big n strong bujt petr has proven himself already. why is he even in this situation is beyond me. would doobs get treated like that? now. idk i honestly cant care anymore. just let him go somewhere else and play

With an all star Center, think he could play on the 1st or second line. He scored some pretty goals his first 2 years. Im curious has to why his agent hasnt forced Sather to trade him. Definitely on the PP too….

Anyone watching this on Center Ice at all familiar with the Panther’s coverage? What’s with this camera angle? Is it a joke? I hope so because this is pure dog poo. It looks like someone is out there at near ice level using a 1980s camcorder. Un-freaking-real.

I agree that with the right pivot he could play 1st or 2nd line, but I think his true value is on the extra effort goals that he has shown he is capable of getting, which would make him a serious threat on a 3rd line. As for his agent, maybe he should seek new representation.

What is Bettman doing as Intermission guest? Announcing he bought the Penguins because he has a man crush on Crosby?”

did you see those brutal sidney crosby greeting cards with him as hannah montana and bettman as billy ray cyrus??? Someone mentioned it on another thread but the looks on their faces were very frightening.

My Pre Game Speech:
“Alright guys, lets completely suck long enough to send this to a shoot out and THEN we go for the win. That way everybody gets a point. Isn’t sharing fun? Speaking of sharing, don’t shoot the puck instead just pass it until it gets intercepted. Got it? Alright lets go.”

I’ve come to the conclusions that we, as die hard fans of this team, totally expect too much. We expect them to play fundamental, skillfull, exciting, smart hockey. We’re just too hard on them. ;-) They are overcoached ;-)

They were talking about the healthy scratces, saying how Kalinin is ready but it’s the coach’s decision. And they also said that Prucha is waiting for a coach’s decision. They said “it’s a tough time” for Prucha right now and that he is staying ready to get in whenever they call on him. They really emphasized that he works hard and is ready whenever they call on him.

Coach, what was it like on the bench when Sjostrom scored?
Coach: “Oh, it was great!! We had some balloons going, a striper came by… we popped the bottle of Chrystal… Redden got a lap-dance while snorting mad lines of blow off the stripers bosom…it was great!”

Doodie Machetto
February 13th, 2009 at 8:12 pm
They were talking about the healthy scratces, saying how Kalinin is ready but it’s the coach’s decision. And they also said that Prucha is waiting for a coach’s decision. They said “it’s a tough time” for Prucha right now and that he is staying ready to get in whenever they call on him. They really emphasized that he works hard and is ready whenever they call on him.
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Sounds like they are supporting his return. That’s about as much as they can say on the air. Damn it, Tom!

When asked about what he thought about how he thought the team was playing, Korpikoski said they need to tighten up defensively and work on their forecheck in the offensive zone and stop their transition in the neutral zone.

Amazing,after about the first five or ten minutes,the Rangers are back to Renney’s renneydope system of 1-2-2 dump and change.Great system eh? They must have had 10 great scoring chances in the first.If Renneydope continues on “tidying things up a bit” we will get run out of the building in final two periods.

we were lucky it wasnt 4-0 man after last game and nazzys comments u would think it would be a little better of an effort. renny pulls this team back. come on guys get up for the 2nd and 3rd and win this game

“When asked about what he thought about how he thought the team was playing, Korpikoski said they need to tighten up defensively and work on their forecheck in the offensive zone and stop their transition in the neutral zone.”

By the way,what happened to the intesity level they displayed against the Caps? Where is the passion? And can they get the defensemen to move the damn puck a little faster up the ice!!! I thought Sather likes it when the dmen make quick first passes out of the zone!

i doubt we win but at least its good we got the 1st goal. maybe we can steal one but these panthers are on another level right now. they outdid everyone on our team except hank. drury stunk n gomer did too. when are they gonna get benched
? please renny, grow a pair

I am getting the Florida feed through center ice. Shoey was interviewed by a very nice young lady, he was goo goo eyes. (just kidding he did fine)
We did some good things, Rangers just have to get that one more step ahead of the Panthers next period. AND KEEP GOING TO THE NET IT’S WORKING.

Hey Rick,How come my post got deleted there wasnt any vulgarity or cursing.Whats up with this site now youre not even allowed to make a joke about Renney are we becoming the thought police of the interenet. Ive seen alot worse allowed here,very dissapointing

BY the way, ihave to say that it sure is fun to watch the way the Panthers want to play the game isn’t it? It’s refreshing not to have another one of these idiot trap happy coaches coaching them like Martin.Also,anyone notice how well the Sens are playing since they changed coaches recently and stopped with Hartsburgs rediculous stifling hockey?

I think that’s on Staal or the center because Rozi was man’d up with his guy on Hank’s right and then Staal rushed to Hank’s left to get that open guy… where was the center? Why didn’t he cover the guy to Hank’s left or the guy who scored? I can’t fault Rozi entirely for that one.

the play of this team is downright ugly… the panthers are all over the ice…it seems all the team can try to do is keep up. This is how the Rangers should be playing. Damn this defensive style hockey 24/7

i wonder what renny said to inspire his boys for the 2nd. hey guys were up 1 lets just keep playing smart 5 man in the box hockey while they beat the living crap out of us. good job renny and u too dru. good job bud.

Didn’t somebody ask me earlier if Voros had been on the ice for a goal-against lately? I forgot who it was. The answer simply is that, yes, he was on for two against Washington, including the tying goal by Green in the final minute.

GS: Tom, I just signed Aaron Voros.
TR: Who’s Aaron Voros?
GS: He’s like Messier, just without heart, conditioning or skill.
TR: What should I do with him?
GS: Play him in critical situations, don’t worry, he rarely takes bad penalties.
TR: Does this mean that I can sit Prucha for being a fan favorite and working too hard?
GS: Absolutely.
TR: Sweet!!

“great play by dubi… I think my neighbors hate it when I yell like that!!!”

my new neighbors have a 6 yr old kid that runs up and down the damned stairs all night long, so I’m not really caring if my loud music or loud outbursts during games upsets them when I gotta listen to the feet of kong for 3 hours a night!

Hollweg should watch tapes of Callahan to learn how to hit someone without taking a penalty and then complaining afterwards about how it wasn’t a penalty. That guy was so dumb that he never could figure out why everytime he hit someone it was a penalty. Instead he just would say that it shouldn’t have been a penalty.

I’m glad that punk is headed to the AHL. Here’s to that worthless goon never playing in the NHL again.

I’d rather have Voros than Hollweg, no question. Hollweg isn’t a hockey player, period. And at least Voros can fight his way out of a paper bag. And Hollweg always took much worse penalties than Voros.

“GS: Tom, I just signed Aaron Voros.
TR: Who’s Aaron Voros?
GS: He’s like Messier, just without heart, conditioning or skill.
TR: What should I do with him?
GS: Play him in critical situations, don’t worry, he rarely takes bad penalties.
TR: Does this mean that I can sit Prucha for being a fan favorite and working too hard?
GS: Absolutely.
TR: Sweet!!”

Yet another
period of play with maybe one or two scoring chances.No one is once again driving to the net,every play is along the boards in the offensive zone instead of towards the net. Classic Renney Hockey.If not for the king,we would be down by at 3-4 tonight.

Drury is having a pretty subpar offensive season, as well as defensive in many respects. However, I find it worse that he only has 21 hits in 55 games. So in all those games you have been a nonfactor offensively and defensively, you didnt think perhaps being more physical would be good for the team.

hey mike, you’re my hero for telling me about this site! it’s only frozen up 3 times, thats awesome compared to the nhl.com game center i paid $150 for.

WAVELENGTH on the ORCS, great minds…

I just love the name Mario Marois. I had just started watching hockey in november of 78… they make the finals in 79, i;m thinkin they are the greatest thing since ice cream, then i realized, I am a mets and jets fan… i couldnt be that lucky!!

“I think Tom went to Miami and had a Colonic cleansing and then went for a tan with Perry”

i just laughed so damned loud i think i woke up rednecks 2 counties over!!! That is freakin classic!!! The Tom Renney/Perry Pearn Colonic Weekend in Miami!! Coming soon to an infomercial near you! With their own sleazy greasy haired host!!!

you just have to write a book called BLOGGING THE NY RANGERS 2009, and just take the funniest posts out of all the topics that you’ve started. These are some of the funniest things I’ve ever read regarding this team. I’d definitely pay for it!

“Drury throws it on goal”. thats the problem dru. you’re NOT playing in the little league world series any more!!! BLAST that damned thing!!! Or at least hit someone!

wow Potvin just is all over Redden! sayin he walked right in front of the net and almost causing a goal, then saying Defensemen aren’t supposed to do that, they are supposed to protect the front of the net. SHEEESH how does Renney keep puttin this schlub out there! SIT HIM A WEEK!!!

Is it possible that Zherdi gets nervous once he comes in their zone??? He seems to skate it up ice with confidence but looses immediatly a lot of times.
And was that redden that made another good d play, oh my god!!!

do you think tom and perry put on some stylin neon colored suits, jumped into a zazzy convertible, and are cruising miami blaring the theme from miami vice?????

TOM & PERRYS COLONIC MIAMI WEEKEND
” got that backed up feeling? join tom and perry as they carouse about miami, getting that full on metrosexual treatment after their life affirming, full body cleanse”

Renney won’t get fired unless Sather is. It took a while and pressure from Stern for Dolan to fire Zeke. It will take longer for Dolan to fire Sather. I don’t see Bettman pressuring Dolan. Bettman doesn’t have the same pull as Stern anyway. So, we are stuck with the current FO, as long as people watch the games on Cablevision, buy merchandise and fill MSG.

kurt- we will be trading some peeps at the deadline. this zherdev kid kinda sux. im not talkin shootout, im talkin in the game. he absolutely did nothing, as well as dru, gomer pyle, doobs, the list goes on. so we now lost 6 out of 7. why did i watch this game? i knew after the first 5 minutes we were done for. why cant anyone on the team score goals?? not just scoring but nooooo real chances at all. shoe got lucky with the goal and we got pummeled the rest of the way. bunch of sissies cant even get hank a win after he basically plays his best game of the season maybe even career and this is all they can muster? im done with this team. until rennys gone and half the team

doodie, you sure its only 5 times? i feel horrible for the guy, he is our brightest light, and they are slowly gonna extinguish it. If he keeps playing out of his mind like this, and the team keeps faltering in front of him, do you think he asks for a trade, or do you think he has enough pull to maybe influence ANYTHING with Yeti? Man, maybe Mess needs to go smack Yeti around for his absolute crapping on this team with his horrendous manuevers (SP?)

Sid, you are absolutely correct. Freakin Dolan has some kinda manlove going on for yeti. How does this asshat not realize that if the team freakin wins, HE MAKES MORE MONEY!!! Damn, I’ve hated this duo since they got here, Dolan and Yeti….Renney forces the team to give up their creativity to play his damned boring system, which does work when done correctly BUT IS NOT NY RANGERS hockey…but he’s gotta use the parts our clueless gm gets him. This is just the wrong makeup of guys YET AGAIN! someone save us!

It was nothing too major. But LQ definitely was frustrated that his team cannot score on the PP, and he also mentioned there is a lot of pressure on him to make saves in the SO when his guys dont score any.

yea doodie, i got the reference, just a bit slow on my part lol. damn i wish i was getting the post game. I miss all the innuendo and frustration of the players and the carefree attitude of Renney. Did Fishler go out there for Prucha?! That’s freakin great! Renney has got to totally despise prucha because that is ALL HE FREAKIN HEARS! I swear, if he is still on the team after the trade deadline,
I am gonna bring a FREE PRUCHA sign to the Nashville game!

toms rennygades got outworked yet again. they havent beaten the pansy panzers in reg. in 5 years on the road. forget that. when have they won a game that we all could just be comfortable that our team would win without it being a one goal or ot decision? please GOD give us a new coach. give us a peter doboer type coach

giannone is a schmeg…him and trautwig! I dont miss them, thats for sure, but i do miss the post game.

On a somewhat related topic, since my fiance is NOT a fan, he’s thankful to you guys that i found this blog and you let me comment and you respond to me. He doesnt understand the frustration of sports fans, and after posting with all of you, it’s taken the mentally unstable edge off by the time he gets home! LOL>..but he WILL be wearing one of my jerseys to the Nashville game, he promised!

Redden and Rosival were putrid was usual, Gomez doesnt seem to care or is completely lost. Drury’s game has gone in the tank. Its great to know that all 4 of these bums will be with us for the next several years.

Redden and Rosival were putrid was usual, Gomez doesnt seem to care or is completely lost. Drury’s game has gone in the tank. Its great to know that all 4 of these bums will be with us for the next several years.

swizzle, does that make us sadists or masochists because we will, year after year, continue to watch this cocoon of horror on ice?! It’s almost like there is NOTHING to look forward to with this team, except for watching some of our young talent becomes stars on other teams!

personally I think Prucha was going to be in one of the last two games but Larry Brooks wrote about it and Renney doesn’t want to appear to be giving in…he’s an inflexible stubborn fool who cannot admit he screwed up….its all about change…Scotty Bowman got killed by Devils in 95 and by 96 he was playin the trap..he;d already won six cups but he yielded and changed.. he was flexible…and he won three more…this idiot wont play a former 30 goal scorer when his team has 10 goals in 7 games…F-F-F-F-Fire Renney!!

MSG spends the entire game talking about how wonderful our 4th line is. Really? Wow, one goal every 3 months — they’re the best. And according to Joe, Nigel Dawes is great defensively. Hmmm, that’s a good one. And yet even MSG can’t explain why Prucha won’t play — it has to be Sather teaching him a lesson, as well as the fact that Sather has no interest in the fans whatsoever. He kicked Ortmeyer and Holik out of town because they wanted the money the Rangers owed them. He treated Kasparaitis, Shanny, Jagr and Leetch et al with a total lack of respect. Is it a coincidence that all the players Sather brings in are quiet and boring? Sather is the epitome of arrogance and nastiness.

Linda Ya Slay Me ;) Maybe we could do a video of Tom and Perry doin the Colonic Shuffle Down to Mijami. Music by Will Smith and a cameo by Crockett and Tubbs. And youre dead on with the Yeti mancrush by Dolan. I have a very close friend ;) in the MSG heiarchy and she says when Dolan visits Sather in the war room thats its like a scene out of the movie 10 where Dudley Moore is running towards Bo Derek

Linda, it makes us realists, the only one that might be tradeable is Rosival. Other than that, as long as the cigar toting, Mr. I have not had a winner since the 80’s guy, is still in charge, this team will continue to disappoint.

Trade wise our only hope is that so far all 15 teams out west are still in playoff hunt….Blues lead hawks tonight…and theyre 15th theyre only like 6 points out with a couple in hand..maybe someone will be desperate for one of our jerks…..Fire Renney or break this team up

“MSG spends the entire game talking about how wonderful our 4th line is. Really? Wow, one goal every 3 months—they’re the best. And according to Joe, Nigel Dawes is great defensively. Hmmm, that’s a good one. And yet even MSG can’t explain why Prucha won’t play—it has to be Sather teaching him a lesson, as well as the fact that Sather has no interest in the fans whatsoever. He kicked Ortmeyer and Holik out of town because they wanted the money the Rangers owed them. He treated Kasparaitis, Shanny, Jagr and Leetch et al with a total lack of respect. Is it a coincidence that all the players Sather brings in are quiet and boring? Sather is the epitome of arrogance and nastiness.”

bravo KC, fabulous post. Ortmeyer was my favorite guy on the team, he may not have been the greatest offensive force, but he took the body, he played heads up, and the dude blocked shots like another goalie. I hope he’s playin when I go see the game on the 12th. LOVED HIM

and yea, YETI is a sore freakin loser! Damn, you owe the money, you pay it. Damn I despise this guy more and more as the seasons and years progress!! The game passed this guy by years ago, but we’re stuck with his arrogance and stupidity for as long as they both ( him and dolan) shall live. GOD HELP US!

on the radio they were singing high praise for Redden… I wonder if Dave got in trouble for his Hockey Live comments… he said the elitet players on our team aren’t playing well and when that happens you become a mediocre team.

“Linda Ya Slay Me ;) Maybe we could do a video of Tom and Perry doin the Colonic Shuffle Down to Mijami. Music by Will Smith and a cameo by Crockett and Tubbs. And youre dead on with the Yeti mancrush by Dolan. I have a very close friend ;) in the MSG heiarchy and she says when Dolan visits Sather in the war room thats its like a scene out of the movie 10 where Dudley Moore is running towards Bo Derek”

love the music video idea kurt, we gotta get that done!!!

The Yeti Dolan man crush being justified by your friend is just disturbing on sooooooooo many levels! Some of the word pictures you guys paint in here just make my brain melt and my eyes bleed!

“Linda, it makes us realists, the only one that might be tradeable is Rosival. Other than that, as long as the cigar toting, Mr. I have not had a winner since the 80’s guy, is still in charge, this team will continue to disappoint.”

Hard to believe that somebody, anybody in Ranger management didn’t slip a roofie into Genius’s layer cake before he shoveled $38 million Redden’s way. Redden is the laziest, most careless m-f-er I’ve ever seen. We are being failed, hijacked, whatever by our four highest paid cap thieves. Gomez and Drury: utterly useless.

It’s a different story with Gomez and Drury. As bad as they are, you still have a hope, a fading one but you do.
With Redden it’s a done deal, it’s absolutely hopeless, it’s a catastrophe that we’ll have to live with for at least couple of years.

Doodie Machetto
February 13th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Hollweg sucks, Ortmeyer sucks, Moore is having a fluke season, but otherwise, sucks. That’s what happened. They were full of energy and fun to watch, but face it, they sucked.

moore is a better player than EL Capitan. i think mooore is going be a 45-50 point guy for a nice while.

Moore is a smart, quick forward who has developed nicely in Toronto. He pissed off Sather with the arbitration stuff, and unwisely was banished.

All the Prucha stuff is valid, and the call to get rid of that stiff Voros even more so. But not enough is said about Renney’s misuse of those he does play. Zherdev should be the starting point in putting together a top line: put Naslund with him and watch the 2 of them do some great things with the puck — i’d even try Dubi between them at center. Then pair up Korpi and Callahan for the next line,and go from there. For the PP, stop with this automatic Drury-Gomez crap,and start with Zherdev; you have to actually move around to create mini-advantages for an effective PP instead of wasting time with Voros-the-stiff in front. And finally, as Ford and others have explained nicely, pressure the puck with a real forecheck, not this pull-back nonsense (at which Drury seems to be a master). This is the type of stuff that needs to be discussed and that should lead to an immediate coaching change.

Drury works nicely with Cally (he did last year it was he Cally and Avery I think when Jagr and Straka played with Dubi) and he was pretty good with them against Washington… so I’d go with him in that slot.

That leaves a line of Dawes Gomez and Prucha? Or do you move Sjo up to the third line?

They do need a more aggressive (as in non-non-existent) forecheck though for certain!!!!

I guess there’s still enough delirious people out there. In that article that Kaspar posted, there is a link on the side that asks, “Can Brandon Dubinsky and the Rangers win the Atlantic Division?” About 56% of respondents have said yes.

I didn’t get to watch the game Friday night, but I may watch the Rangers rewind at noon if I feel up to it. However, it sounds like a typical frustration from not being able to pressure a team coming off a game the night before, just like last Friday!! I am happy for Florida because I want to see them make it into the playoffs since I feel like they deserve a little more fan support, and this will be one less spot for Crosby to make it!

Let’s face it, this team just sucks to root for. They’re mediocre, their effort is half-assed, they know how to say all the right things but their actions reveal their lack of actual ability and dedication, and their coaching and management simply don’t seem to care or know what to do.

ah, i just wish they lost by 5-0 or something, yet another SO game and a loss is so fkin painful, I HATE IT! they gave hope of scoring some goals after the caps game, and now they score 1, ONE GOAL AGAIN!=!=!==!!`??!!? i literally wanna turn my house upside down right now, JUST LOOK AT REDDEN!?!? DOES HE NOT UNDERSTAND THAT HE UNDER ALL CRITICISM IN THE WORLD!?!? WHY ISNT HE DOING SOMETHING, just sod off REDDEN, dont u understand something for yourself? go to hell with everything, LUNDQVIST IS PLAYING HISS ARSE OFF AND NON OF THE OTHER RANGER PLAYERS IS EVEN SKATING.

TRADE LUNDQVIST TO DETROIT SO HE ATLEAST CAN KILL OFF ALL MARTYS RECORD. this whole organization is just KILLING all the fans!!!!!!!!!

i am glad i was in Albany this weekend because when we tried to watch the game it ended up being blacked out to the sabres sharks game. Sabres play some pretty exciting hockey. I hate our team now; we really are the laughing stock of the league, can we ever win a game in regulation? Im sorry but im not fully sold on the bruins. i predict the sabres and the sharks in the finals, that was such an intense game beginning to end.

..good thing coach accountability benched Reitz in the second for being on the ice for a goal against…Kalinin’s coming back no doubt…

…as for Wade Redden…what can you say…there have been many, many players over the years whom I’ve disliked…who came here to get rich, not care and underperform…thieves, literally…I don’t care so much that they rob Dolan of his money…I do care that they rob Ranger fans, that they wear the sweater with no pride whatsoever…simply put, Wade Redden makes me sick…Renney makes me sicker for knowing Redden is a thief and doing nothing about it…go ahead Tom, bench Reitz…scratch Prucha…for these 2 guys are guilty—of caring, of giving all they have, of taking pride in the sweater…Tom Renney, you are the worst…with each game, you cement your place with this fan as the coaching equivalent of Wade Redden—for you too disrespect the sweater and the fans by enabling and allowing crooks like Redden to wear our original 6 sweater…you think you are a man of integrity—I say you are not.

..good thing coach accountability benched Reitz in the second for being on the ice for a goal agaynst…Kalinin’s coming back no doubt…

…as for Wade Redden…what can you say…there have been many, many players over the years whom I’ve disliked…who came here to get rich, not care and underperform…thieves, literally…I don’t care so much that they rob Dolan of his money…I do care that they rob Ranger fans, that they wear the sweater with no pride whatsoever…simply put, Wade Redden makes me sick…Renney makes me sicker for knowing Redden is a thief and doing nothing about it…go ahead Tom, bench Reitz…scratch Prucha…for these 2 guys are guilty…of caring, of giving all they have, of taking pride in the sweater…Tom Renney, you are the worst…with each game, you cement your place with this fan as the coaching equivalent of Wade Redden—for you too disrespect the sweater and the fans by enabling and allowing crooks like Redden to wear our original 6 sweater…you think you are a man of integrity…I say you are not.

If you listened closely, Maloney actually took a jab at Redden there, while paying him a backhanded compliment. He said, this was a good game for Redden, and he said, “Wade Redden can be an effective player when he is not OBLIVIOUS to the play and what is going on around him.” He was actually saying that it is rare with Redden isn’t oblivious this year. Go back and watch the post game again and listen closely, because I did a few times.

I knew it was a long time since this asshat actually had a pulse, but 1992!?!? Since then, what exactly besides getting Jagr at discount and Shanny? I won’t exactly give him credit for Lundqvist.

Maybe Sather IS dead, and they have him froze kinda like Walt Disney and Ted Williams, and every once in a while they defrost him for appearances. How else do you explain 7 million to Gomez, Drury, 6 mill per year to a washed up defenseman who lost his game what, 3 years ago, and 5 bills to Roszie who just seems to have lost himself half the time. We won’t even go into Kalinin. As SANE, lively, smart man would NOT have done those deals that have handcuffed this team for the next 5 years. DAMN YOU YETI and your suspended animation existence and your disdain for the franchise you run, and the fans of the team. I hate this guy more and more each day, and I didnt think that possible.

agravaine, i will be so happy if preds security lets me in with a sign! I think my fiance will be embarrassed with me bringing it, but hell, us fans going to games out of the greater NY area have GOT to make our opinions heard too! I wish I was artistic I’d put several things on it. I have a feeling Pru may be gone by the time our game rolls around, so it just might be the FIRE SATHER one. It’d be awesome if they traded him TO the Preds and he scored a freakin double hat trick against them lol!!!

It’s so depressing knowing we have to see the gaunt, skeletor like visage of winter warlock for 5 more years…my whole body shudders to the core of my being over that… AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY!!!

jerkins perkins(mike in ia)
February 13th, 2009 at 8:54 pm
when is this team gonna get in the game? im sick of this crap. i have now joined the dark side of the force. wd40, true- etc.. teach me thy ways. i have now officially turned
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Welcome, young paduwon learner. We will teach you the TRUE ways of the force. There are several lessons to be learned from last night:

1) There are no gods, before THE KING.
2) Thou shalt not ridicule the 4th line, unless it is to prove Tom Renney overplays them, as they do their job better than most.
3) Patients is a virtue, just ask young Petr Prucha…
4) Unless it concerns over-throwing the czar, Tom Renney. Alas, we can only pray this endeavor prevails before the end of our days (this season).

Welcome to the dark side, you still have much to learn, but there are many here who are wise and willing to teach you in their old age (wd40, salty, ford, dubi or not dubi).

someone needs to photoshopt sathers hideous face onto the video of big foot! i love your cigar and a trail of money enhancements. That is exactly what this freak show of a gm is. Like I said, genius with Edmonton, comes to NY with daddy warbucks money and becomes some drooling psycho in a depends, with any iota of sanity gone with the appearance of the monopoly money. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR DAMN YOU SATHER, ruining my Valentines Day you rat bastage!!

Someone tell me why the hell the first 2 guys in the shootout, shot from way out making Vokoun not even have to make a tough save… basically, all he had to do was have his angles right and the puck would hit him.

Riche’ he is doing something. Prucha sits, REdden is on the point, he does not allow creativity (see Jagr and all his fustration on the PP) Renney has gottten the team he wanted. No Jagr, or Shannahan to question his authority, and now no way for us to hope for change because he thinks he knows everything.

I said before and I’ll say it again. Sather came here to mess up a big money American franchise, because just before he came here he said that they were reuining Canadian hockey. Look it up, this was big news just before the Pompous ass came here. There are teams in the league who will not trade with us because of an extreme dislike for Sather.

Ha ha, not too many enjoy reading my posts but lately notice less opposition and more support for them. One of my biggest nemesis is one Margaret Hurley, hear she is a great ice skater and makes great cookies and hands them out in her 400 section.

She just can’t separate her crush on Renney personally with his coaching ability, poor girl. You won’t be getting any cookies now either. |~)